Garam masala

Garam masala is a spice blend that may include cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, or cloves. Cooks may dry-toast it or use it in marinades, pastes, pickles, and stews.

Category: Herbs & spices
Dishes: 1 in the catalogue

Photo: Holger Casselmann · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use garam masala

Typical ways to cook or use it

Dry toast
Marinade
Paste blend
Pickle
Stew

Made from

spice
cardamom (sometimes)
cinnamon (sometimes)
cumin seed (sometimes)
clove (sometimes)
bay leaf (sometimes)
star anise (sometimes)
black pepper (sometimes)
nut (sometimes)
onion (sometimes)
garlic (sometimes)
chili (sometimes)
water (sometimes)
vinegar (sometimes)

Preparing it

For a paste, grind the spices with water, vinegar or another liquid.

Cooking with it

Toasting the blend can release its flavour and aroma.

On the table

Dishes made with garam masala

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

Thalassery chicken biriyani

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include garam masala.

Around the world

What garam masala is called

Names in 59 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
garam masala
French
garam masala
Italian
garam masala
Portuguese
garam masala
German
Garam masala
Dutch
garam masala
Greek
Γκαράμ μασάλα
Turkish
Garam masala
Russian
Гарам масала
Polish
Garam masala
Arabic
كرم مصالحة · قرم مصالحة · گرم مصالحه
Persian
گرم مصالح

Show all 59 languages

Afrikaans
Garam masala
Armenian
Գարամ մասալա
Assamese
গৰম মছলা
Azerbaijani
Garam masala
Bangla
গরম মসলা
Basque
Garam masala
Brazilian Portuguese
Garam masala
Breton
Garam masala
Burmese
မဆလာ
Cantonese
瑪莎拉粉
Catalan
garam masala
Chinese
葛拉姆馬薩拉
Croatian
Garam masala
Czech
garam masála
Danish
Garam masala
Estonian
Garam masala
Finnish
Garam masala
Gujarati
ગરમ મસાલો
Hebrew
גאראם מסאלה
Hindi
गरम मसाला
Icelandic
Garam masala
Indonesian
garam masala
Japanese
ガラムマサラ · ガラムマサーラー
Javanese
Garam masala
Kannada
ಗರಂ ಮಸಾಲಾ
Kazakh
Гарам масала
Korean
가람 마살라
Lithuanian
Garam masala
Low German
Garam masala
Macedonian
гарам масала
Malay
Garam masala
Malayalam
ഗരം മസാല
Marathi
गरम मसाला
Nepali
गरम मसला
Norwegian Bokmål
garam masala
Occitan
Garam masala
Odia
ଗରମ ମସଲା
Pashto
گرمه مساله
Punjabi
ਗਰਮ ਮਸਾਲਾ
Romanian
garam masala
Swahili
garam masala
Swedish
Garam masala
Swiss High German
Garam masala
Tamil
கரம் மசாலா
Telugu
గరం మసాలా
Traditional Chinese
葛拉姆馬薩拉
Tumbuka
garam masala
Ukrainian
Гарам масала
Urdu
گرم مصالحہ
Uzbek
Garam masala

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q14624

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